Bathia_Mapes:[i415.photobucket.com image 576x960]Just a headsup that I won't be on the thread much this weekend, much like last weekend, as I'm going to be really busy again. I will pop in from time to time, though. :-)

Thanks for letting us know sweetie! That way we won't worry about you :)

akimbotoo:Bathia_Mapes: [i415.photobucket.com image 576x960]Just a headsup that I won't be on the thread much this weekend, much like last weekend, as I'm going to be really busy again. I will pop in from time to time, though. :-)

Thanks for letting us know sweetie! That way we won't worry about you :)

Finally some good new in the Catmandu household. I got approved for Social Security Disability so I will actually have something resembling an income. Money will still be tight but I won't have to rely on loans from family to get through the month. I still plan to work, but now I can find something part time that won't be as physically or mentally stressful. I am also hoping to get more referrals to do pet sitting. I can't walk dogs but I can definitely care for cats and small animals. One of these days I will remember to take my camera and get pictures of Ratchett and Riley to show you all now that they come out of hiding. Riley will even let me pet her a little (Ratchett still hisses if I get close). I go over there every other day while their hooman is recovering in a halfway house.

catmandu:Finally some good new in the Catmandu household. I got approved for Social Security Disability so I will actually have something resembling an income. Money will still be tight but I won't have to rely on loans from family to get through the month. I still plan to work, but now I can find something part time that won't be as physically or mentally stressful. I am also hoping to get more referrals to do pet sitting. I can't walk dogs but I can definitely care for cats and small animals. One of these days I will remember to take my camera and get pictures of Ratchett and Riley to show you all now that they come out of hiding. Riley will even let me pet her a little (Ratchett still hisses if I get close). I go over there every other day while their hooman is recovering in a halfway house.

catmandu:Finally some good new in the Catmandu household. I got approved for Social Security Disability so I will actually have something resembling an income. Money will still be tight but I won't have to rely on loans from family to get through the month. I still plan to work, but now I can find something part time that won't be as physically or mentally stressful. I am also hoping to get more referrals to do pet sitting. I can't walk dogs but I can definitely care for cats and small animals. One of these days I will remember to take my camera and get pictures of Ratchett and Riley to show you all now that they come out of hiding. Riley will even let me pet her a little (Ratchett still hisses if I get close). I go over there every other day while their hooman is recovering in a halfway house.

An oldie but goodie to make up for the wall of text:

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Yeah! I always like it when my claimants call and let me know their final decisions! If you were Title 2 (SSDI), you might also be able to get some back benefits too which will be nice :)

Yeah !! Round 2 is still coming down.. had rain and sleet after the snow last night, compacted it bigtime.. some freezing rain which melted this morning.. thunderstorm this afternoon followed by heavy snow which has changed to a light snow.. Doppler shows it almost gone.. no problems driving today but it was above freezing.. going down to 25 tonight, so tomorrow morning will be fun.... was watching folks trying to stop at the end of my block... serious acrobatics, a few fights, several wrecks.. mostly traveling too fast...

Yay !! TGIC ! Good to be here and see y'all here too... now where is the cat in the field?

catmandu:Finally some good new in the Catmandu household. I got approved for Social Security Disability so I will actually have something resembling an income. Money will still be tight but I won't have to rely on loans from family to get through the month. I still plan to work, but now I can find something part time that won't be as physically or mentally stressful. I am also hoping to get more referrals to do pet sitting. I can't walk dogs but I can definitely care for cats and small animals. One of these days I will remember to take my camera and get pictures of Ratchett and Riley to show you all now that they come out of hiding. Riley will even let me pet her a little (Ratchett still hisses if I get close). I go over there every other day while their hooman is recovering in a halfway house.

Small Animal Ambassadors 3. after I comment that Bree looks sweet & comfy with tongue (!) fetched by valnt9. So does Frodo w/o visible tongue, as The Italian Farker typed just above, It may raise hackles if I query if stuffed giraffe is called Marius? Another Danish zoo trying to kill another giraffe after poor young Marius was done in. Point was, they didn't wish to let him breed & at 18 months he was nearly old enough. Other one also called Marius; may have been contagious, tho other is rather older. There were 2 zoos who offered to take in young Marius; may have been EuroUnionZoos reg that they couldn't. Or just bad-assery on Copenhagen's part; they fed their Marius to the lions.Promised she the photog & writer to fetch back your comments, after showering her with e'd compliments this AM. Regret Lawrenceburg Chev ad, too lazy to white or colour it out. What she wrote follows next. Also regret perennial inability to scan & crop straight.

There you are... well, we got the white stuff... personally had great fun in it... not so much fun dodging sliding kooks....

my area got 5 inches. most of the roads are bare and wet already. BUT the freeze tonight will make the streets really bad until the sun hits them. they called off school for Thurs and Friday yesterday.

Yay, Caturday! Farking snow can stop anytime. Had to go to work this morning but at least my company had the decency to close us early so we could get home before it got really bad. It was still close, though - don't know if I would have made it home without 4 wheel drive. Most of the towns up here are very low on salt so they aren't treating the roads until the storm is over, or if they do it's very lightly.

Cracker Jack was so confused when I got home - he was like, "Whatcha doin' home, Mom? Aren't you supposed to be out making money to buy me food?"

They gave 1st shift at my job the option of not coming in tomorrow w/no penalty, though we have to use a vacation or personal day or eat the day w/o $. I'm a tweener; I work 11a to 7p but was afforded the option as well. I'll be playing it by ear. If it's still real crappy at 9:30 or 10 I'll call in. Wifey doesn't have that option; she has to be there at 7 but is leaving very early to give herself lotsa time.

It started snowing here around noontime but very little buildup for several; hours, then around 5:30 it started coming down harder and with MUCH larger flakes. Being so near the coast it's a crapshoot as to what we'll get (snow/sleet/freezing rain/rain) and if snow, how much.

My car is currently sitting at the end of my driveway, stuck. It's off the road so it's staying there until sometime tomorrow when I get in the mood to go out and dig a path for it. I really hate that car , don't get a Jeep Cherokee.They are such delicate vehicles, the least little thing will make it quit.The main problem is my driveway isn't paved so if I get stuck I can end up digging a hole.I think I'm going to look for another car this month, something with AWD.